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Get off our plane! Now!

Damn time to start flying Delta and give up my seat.
 
So now people will just refuse to leave, get paid $$$, and the rest of us make up for it with increased ticket prices.

Brilliant solution.
 
So we had this discussion yesterday - suppose you accept an offer, then the airlines ups the offer because they don't get enough takers - are you "entitled" to the larger amount?

Everyone (there were maybe 5 of us) said NO - that's just the risk you take.

One of my friends who used to travel A LOT for work and racked up so many vouchers she was put on a "no voucher" list said that it is typical that once someone takes an offer, others quickly follow suit because they're afraid they'll get shut-out entirely if they wait for the airline to up the ante.
 
moevillini said:
So we had this discussion yesterday - suppose you accept an offer, then the airlines ups the offer because they don't get enough takers - are you "entitled" to the larger amount?

Everyone (there were maybe 5 of us) said NO - that's just the risk you take.

One of my friends who used to travel A LOT for work and racked up so many vouchers she was put on a "no voucher" list said that it is typical that once someone takes an offer, others quickly follow suit because they're afraid they'll get shut-out entirely if they wait for the airline to up the ante.
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Yeah I don't think you're entitled to the larger amount. You should just get the offer that you accepted.
 
Just re-reading what happened. Did you guys know that passengers weren't selected at random to get off? The computer program picked customer with the 'least value to the airline'.


United’s gate agents went on board to offer compensation to customers who would agree to fly later, a negotiation that normally takes place at the gate. There are rules for this process, known as “denied boarding.” No one took their top offer, $800 plus a hotel voucher.

Instead of offering more, agents used a computer program, as dictated by the rules, to pick fliers of the least value to the airline based on factors like ticket price paid and frequent-flier status, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Wow.


If that's not discrimination, then I don't know what is.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-united-airlines-fateful-decision-to-call-police-1492384610?mod=e2tw
 
ONE LOVE said:
Just re-reading what happened. Did you guys know that passengers weren't selected at random to get off? The computer program picked customer with the 'least value to the airline'.





Wow.


If that's not discrimination, then I don't know what is.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-united-airlines-fateful-decision-to-call-police-1492384610?mod=e2tw
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Have you been reading this thread? It had already been established that airlines to exactly that. They have a list of every passenger and know who will get left off if they have to. I've seen the lists before.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Have you been reading this thread? It had already been established that airlines to exactly that. They have a list of every passenger and know who will get left off if they have to. I've seen the lists before.
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I might have missed that post/detail. But what do you think about that? To me it's discriminatory and wrong.
 
ONE LOVE said:
I might have missed that post/detail. But what do you think about that? To me it's discriminatory and wrong.
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The list isn't based on your race, or even whether you happen to be the type of person that would trade drugs to addicts for sex acts.
 
♪alt13 said:
The list isn't based on your race, or even whether you happen to be the type of person that would trade drugs to addicts for sex acts.
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Yeah but it is based on price paid (or effectively how much money you have and what seats you can afford), and whether or not you have a frequent flyer status (again based on how often you can afford to fly).


This is like the sinking of the Titanic all over again. You're in first class you have a place in the life boat, you're in third class you go down with the ship.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Yeah but it is based on price paid (or effectively how much money you have and what seats you can afford), and whether or not you have a frequent flyer status (again based on how often you can afford to fly).


This is like the sinking of the Titanic all over again. You're in first class you have a place in the life boat, you're in third class you go down with the ship.
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Except that instead of drowning they give you a fistful of cash to catch the next flight.
 
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